Skirted union suit.



barrel) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMMA I. WEBB, OF DENVER, COLOR-ADO.

SKIRTEID Union" SUIT.

Application filed May 25, 1911. Serial No. 629,457.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, EMMA I. \VEBB, a citizen of the United States,residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Skirted Union Suits, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to skirted union suits.

The object of the invention is to provide a union suit in which theblouse has extending therefrom an integral drawers; the

drawers extending at the seat portion down from the rear of the blouseand upwardly at its front portion under the skirt of the blouse so thatthe front portion of the blouse forms an apron for the drawers. This object' I accomplish by the construction shown in the accompanyingdrawing, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of my im' proved unionsuit. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation 1 thereof. Fig. 3 is a front elevationwith the skirt turned up to showthe drawers. Fig. 4; is a like view withthe drawers flap opened. Fig. 5 is a plan of the blankfrom which theunion suit is formed. Fig. 6 is a front elevation of a blouse anddrawers for boys.

A, designates the blouseor apron, ter-' minating at its front and sidesin a skirt A, while the back A of theblouse extends down below the loweredge of the skirt A, where it is folded upon itself to form the drawersB. Atthe ends of the folded portion of the material forming. the drawersB, are formed the leg openings B. The sides B of the rear part of thedrawers B, are folded around to the front, and'their inwardly andupwardly converging edges are provided with buttons 5, or equivalentfastenings, while the correspondingly 'inclined-cdges Z), of the frontflap B, of the ,drawers are provided with button holes 6 a, a. Apronstrings a", are secured attl eir ends to the rear upper corners a of theskirt.

Specification of Letters Patent:

Patented Nov. '7, 1911.

A. The garment is formed from a single length of material, see Fig. 5,folded upon itself at the shoulders of the blouse, cut out at its edgesand stitched together alongthe under sides of the sleeves A", and thisstitch'-' ingextends down to the waist line. Then the material is foldedto form the drawers portions as above described. At the inner side ofthe back of the waist line is secured a waist band C, the two ends ofwhich extend thence to the upper corners of the side portions 13 of thedrawers, where they are secured, and the extremities of the band may betied or buttoned together at the upper end of the front flap B, thusrelieving the upper buttons 1), of the strain and holding the sides ofthe drawers in place when the front flap B is u-nbuttoned.

The style of blouse may be changed to suit boys and girls; a boys unionsuit being shown in Fig. 6.. The suit may be made up asaninfant creepersuit, girls play suit and boyshlouse suit. The improved union suit maybe readily-made up as a bathing suit also, if desired, still adhering tothe main the dressing of children easy and expeditious and that thegarment may be easily laundried.

Any desired collars, cuffs and other ornamental trimmings may beemployed.

What I claim is:

1. A skirted union garment comprising, a blouse or apron, and a drawers,the latter formed from a length of material extending down from thewaist line at the back of the apron to a point below the skirt and therefolded upwardly upon itself to form the front flap of the drawers; thesides of said length of material forming the back of the drawers beingfolded inwardly to meet the sides of said front flap, fastening devicesfor side edges of the drawers; the lowermost fastenings closing the legopenings, and a waist band secured to the inner side of the back of thegarment at the waist line, and also secured to the upper inner cornersof the said inturned sides of the drawers, and

the extremities of said waist band being I adapted to be securedtogether.

2. A skirted union garment comprising,- a blouse or apron, and a drawersformed from a single length of shaped material uponitself, and stitchedtogether along the along the side edges of the body below the arm holesto the waist line to form the apron or blouse, the material at the backextending down below the skirt of the apron or blouse and foldedtransversely and up under the front side of the skirt, and fastenings'for the sides of the drawers thus formed; the

lowermost fastenings closing theleg openupon itself, and stitchedtogether along the sleeves and body to the waist line to form the apronor blouse, the material at the back extending down below the skirt ofthe apron 5 .or blouse and folded transversely and up under the frontside of the -skirt; the side meeting edges of the drawers beingcorrespondingly inclined and provided with fastening closing the legopenlngs at the ends of the transverse folds.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

- EMMA I. \VEBB.

Witnesses:

'lV. F. HYNEs,

LUCY I. HARRINGTONJ.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, I). O.

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